Speechless

by Adam P. Schmitt

perception of himself and the reality of himself are completely disjointed.

Mom looks at me again; her voice is calm. “Sometimes, people don’t want to see things because it’s too difficult. Sometimes the bad is too much. So they see bad things how they want. They believe what they want.”

“They believe it until it becomes their reality.”

She loved cats. They fit her personality well: quiet, caring, and mildly passive-aggressive.